Hermione laughed at Allison's comment, she could emphasize with the difficulty of identifying all of the redheads in their family. She was pretty good at it, but she could see how an outsider might have trouble at first. Allison was also a muggle, and not just any muggle, a muggle without magic living in the magical world, no wonder she was overwhelmed. Perhaps she could help, in fact it would quite nice to have a friend, besides Harry, who could relate to her muggle background.
"So, living in the magical world as a muggle, that must be an interesting experience. I confess, I sometimes miss the muggle world, although doing things with magic is much more efficient, which I appreciate. There aren't too many people around the ministry that really can emphasize with that experience, in fact some can be quite rude about it. What has your experience at the ministry been like?"